Skip to main content

tv   [untitled]    September 1, 2012 2:07pm-2:37pm EDT

2:07 pm
pulls ability to work but it's blamed for humiliating the vulnerable and forcing people off benefits as part of the country's drive by making money out of other people's misery quite naturally the are many of them sponsoring the paralympics so i think it's really lost on them and he seems to divide people into the deserving to save and the un saving tony bradstock went through an at or sest moment which resulted in him losing his entire income for six months he says he was made to feel like a criminal and the process resulted in him attempting suicide work. for the world and. so this was a. pretty nice explosion of watch explosions what more occupational health doctor a shade took a great noise from all this because i couldn't find any wire to cook with a roof over my head. anyway i'd say he's not alone pressure groups
2:08 pm
a thirty two people died a week after being found to work by attitudes disabled people and other activists have travelled here from all over the country to recess to get status is sponsorship of the arab league makes their you really sit in the admiration of the paralympics themselves but say an organization and they feel that she was ordinary disabled people should play no part in this. in a statement the company defends its practices and passes responsibility back to the government department for work and pensions which actually makes the final decision . we do not make decisions on people's benefit entitle him and. who continue to make sure that the service we provide is as highly professional and compassionate is it can be but disability activists say that just passing the buck and that at all says sponsorship of the games gives it a whitewash it doesn't deserve they're trying to clean up their image by trying to
2:09 pm
associate themselves with sport ends you know this is true disability say i don't keep those activities has really given the other side wow how paul floats thank you know michael to my team g.b. athletes appeared to highlight the branding on their paralympic accreditation during the opening ceremony but activists say that's not enough when the toss and the government expect to cause a round hole for a million people to lose their independent living benefits in the next four years. r.t. . right still ahead for you in the program the u.s. and israel are left barras does more than one hundred nations support iran's atomic program as experts believe the country needs it as it repel and against international military aggression thanks also echoes of war in the
2:10 pm
black sea munitions were dumped in the water seventy years ago are still threatening towards hotspots. thanks was a few. weil .
2:11 pm
he was eager to you with me to say more than one hundred nations have unanimously supported iran's nuclear program as long as it is useful peaceful purposes after the nonaligned movement crept up into iran it amounts to a resoundingly flap in the face of the u.s. and israel who've been trying to downplay the role of the gathering and they test i poured issue during a summit claimed iran that doubled its nuclear capacity by installing a new unit range in interest and sent to changes to run their rejected the documents saying it was all politically motivated geo political analyst eric draitser things the i.a.e.a. has never been any impartial body. the iranians do it partially for
2:12 pm
self-preservation they also do it for propaganda purposes and to lend themselves clout on the world stage they have the inherent right according to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty that they have the right to have a nuclear program so long as it's for peaceful purposes as is now accepted international law so i think that's the first one the second one of course is the geo political reality that they look around them you look at the map and they see that they are surrounded literally on all sides by the united states or various allies of the united states and the principle is quite clear that the united states will invade nations that do not have the threat of nuclear weapons and the united states does not. invade the nations that do have that threat the i a e a in many ways is part of what the leader in iran called the overt dictatorship of the united nations that is to say that the i.a.e.a. is always led by us produced think tank individuals like eldara di or his predecessors who will inevitably execute the agenda of the western powers
2:13 pm
regardless of whether that contravenes international law. sayed mohammad marandi a professor at the university of tehran says iran would have never launch a nuclear program but point to national pressure. the iranians are saying that this report came at a sensitive time to sort of distract attention away from this iranian success the nonaligned movement. conference in tehran has been highly successful. iran being isolated the united states has become isolated since it opposed senior figures going to tehran and many major world leaders have come to the country in addition the president egypt into iran which is a political earthquake the iranians are producing uranium. enriched uranium at twenty percent for facilities in iran we should then produce medical
2:14 pm
isotopes the fact that the united states and the europeans tried to prevent iran from obtaining that fuel in the past that meant that they were taking the running cancer patients hostage the irony here is that the iranians at the beginning had no intention whatsoever to produce it at twenty percent and then produce nuclear fuel americans and the europeans by taking. citizens and people hostage for sea iranians to take that politicians senior politicians really know that an attack on iran would be devastating for the united states and not only for its economy but for its global position and its credibility. though washington seems reluctant to endorse a strike on iran israel is getting all geared up for it people who tell of even have been practicing emergency drills with simulated missile attacks and as our g.'s policia reports war preparations have also moved to the ideological read.
2:15 pm
this fifteen page emergency procedure is being distributed by the israeli army cross the country and it puts around the mining based on very serious and grim statistics approaches take about what people should do in a state of emergency it says that there is a need for family to take the family should get together and talk about what to do if this country is in a stage of crisis at the same time it is that anywhere between fifty fifty and three minutes is the time frame that israelis will have from the moment fire and sound until there is a state of emergency here and it also urges people to go and check that they bomb shelters up to scratch how the pressure doesn't make any mention of any kind of want to rant but certainly it is giving some kind of urgency and there have been those who suggested that it is really the latest state by israeli politicians in preparation for human and war and certainly we've heard that kind of rhetoric coming out of the israeli political elite some officials have said that we're
2:16 pm
looking at a civilian council some five hundred people in any kind of war that would follow and these raids strike on the run parallel to the brochure there is an average that you might think on israeli television and it shows up with some general research with the israeli army officers and they're trying to convince him to give their support in an israeli attack on an enemy state presumably the ranch the general at that stage take a bite out of the chocolate hazelnut that sitting in front of him and he says something along the lines of let's go nuts which the israelis misinterpret to mean that he has given them the green light for this operation for the missiles start to fall right and you have. those who were out of the way for the israelis so we have been putting up there with them it does seem as if there is something on the go we have heard some israeli politicians on record saying that a strike on iran is going to mean that the official line to be from the government
2:17 pm
in terms of this brochure and when we spoke to the army was that it is nothing more than just the general public awareness campaign that people need to know what to do in a state of emergency where we are. now the two runners in the u.s. presidential race desperately trying to outwit and outmaneuver one another to win the hearts and minds of americans. if you want to get out absolutely none of it why not state the republicans you know watch the democratic convention probably not why not i don't need to but diverges even care a president who's roaming the streets of new york at the pre-election feed. also innocent impunity human rights activists lesh others washington's drive to put an end to the probe into the cia's interrogation tactics they say torture is being swept under the carpet. the beaches of ukraine's crimea draw
2:18 pm
thousands of tourists every summer however recent underwater discovery may compromise the resorts along a stab his reputation on to the less leadership ski finds out how far the authorities will go to keep inconvenient facts from surfacing. locals in the crimea admit that the tourist season this year may have been better but still we're talking hundreds of thousands of stories from all over the world who have come here for summer holidays but none of them are aware that swimming in the sea here might actually be dangerous this summer dozens of dead dolphins washed up on crimean shores ecologists say this is down to an infection and the actions of local poachers but others have connected these deaths to something more sinister divers recently discovered these barrels containing poisonous gas which were dumped in the sea by the retreating soviet army prior to the nazi invasion of one nine hundred forty one archives suggest one thousand two hundred containers are scattered around
2:19 pm
the crimean coast we have find an identifiable cations of around five hundred in twenty ten the integrity warranty of these bottles officially expired meaning that starting from twenty eleven these containers can start falling apart. if poisonous substances are released into the sea water the consequences could be on imaginable he breathed gas can theoretically kill everything within forty kilometers however the state ecological watchdog firmly denies this threat even exists. are divers and specialists from the interior ministry check the bottom of the sea or the board tori's tested water for poisonous substances and we found nothing. but this recently declassified documents suggest the opposite in two thousand and four crimea's authorities urged private colleges to check the coastline for threats that is when those containers were found former m.p. oleksandr kusa is probably the only politician in ukraine who is making comments on
2:20 pm
the issue because she says the authorities are deliberately keeping the public in the dark and you ship it with it now that's a mentality of local bureaucrats who come in for a year or two now and don't want these problems in their hands meanwhile more and more kids who turn this virus infections from crimea to summer holidays and this is the. by travel project state of the seawater who says lifting those containers from the bottom of the sea is impossible they will fall apart that's why experts suggest a different solution. there's a technology which allows to see all these containers all for seven hundred years underground succumb for gases are constructed and put above the decaying barrels would solve the problem. it is hard to estimate how much this kind of operation would cost but as long as these barrels are a threat to every black sea country key of would most certainly get international aid should it appeal for help this year's tourist season has finished with no major
2:21 pm
incidents but some say that next year unless there's urgent political action the region may not be so lucky. alexi russia of ski see reporting from crimea ukraine. now moscow celebrating the city day marking the anniversary of its eight hundred sixty fifth yeah and on our website you can join in on the festivities. i. come from red squares on our web site the way an annual military music festival is taking place combined with a black sheep parade uniting and lead to military units from all over the world maybe. also online and how one of the worlds of fosters a developing markets has become a battlefield germany look so ready to join in the economic war between china and
2:22 pm
the u.s. the wrangle over the price of solar energy. lasts t.v. raised around new bridges that come about a family of pakistani immigrants all stirred up a storm off complaints the muslim view was. the u.s. justice department has ended a long running probe into the cia's brutal treatment of detainees without finding any charges the last remaining cases involve the killings of two terror suspects who were tortured to death in the agency's facilities in iraq and afghanistan investigators say they didn't have enough evidence but some experts believe it might have been destroyed on purpose. the cia destroying some of the peeps that in
2:23 pm
itself is a criminal action that that itself shouldn't been pursued. hopefully won't be pursued in some time but this has been you know this is still the george w. bush administration's activities being carried on by the obama administration actions as well as the lead prosecutor on this i've done and was appointed by me casey who was appointed under george w. bush who was one of the neo cons who. was was very potent anti terror and islam in the number of respects so we're seeing the same kind of thing going on and there were those who ordered those who covered it up those who ordered the cover to cover up they should be in court we should be investigating them. now for a look at some other stories from around the world thousands of protesters have occupied the main highway leading to the brain capital to demand greater freedoms
2:24 pm
and a democratic government the demonstrators held up banners and flags urging the release of jailed activists leaders shia majority state which is ruled by a western backed sunni dynasty has been hit by under arrest and protests over a year. in belgian protest against the early release of the accomplice an ex-wife of and torrijos paedophile killer have ended in scuffles with police the demonstration to place outside the convent where michel martin has been sent after serving just over half the jail sentence the woman was sentenced to thirty years in prison for letting two girls starve to death in a cellar while helping her husband wanted for carry out sex abuses on other girls. the u.s. presidential race is heating up with fresh maneuvering two months before the election republican candidate mitt romney has paid
2:25 pm
a sudden visit to the gulf coast areas hit by hurricane isaac stealing a march on barack obama he's planning a trip there on monday romney had earlier slammed his rival for his handling of foreign affairs while obama still criticized romney for his little more attention to stay in the grandstand but how much do you americans really care for pre election exchanges aren't you resident is it me you to find. to be we were. in the us republicans and democrats are holding their national conventions and they hear the media and politicians talk about them that the most important things going on right now so who's watching and what have they seen this week let's talk about that have you been watching why not because i don't like either one of those guys. so you don't watch and you don't vote and that's that no i do vote but i don't like voting for the worst who's who's not the worst of the two. but do you need to watch
2:26 pm
the conventions to be informed know it's all crap have you been watching you know absolutely none of it why now but i hate the republicans you know watch the democratic convention probably not why not i don't need to do you think there is actual information being said sad at the conventions or a say just kind of b.s. but i think it's sort of you know sounds good on camera do you think that. conventions actually do anything. spend money our money our money how do you feel about that i don't like that. how do we get them to stop because you know romney's going to say leave town. the content is not so much the poor important as the outside how people perform that that's my first impression that people are choosing the heads not the fans i think most of europeans are through obama and that's it
2:27 pm
and you don't need to watch any of the bad never. really want to show us that i was really i mean congress or us is smarter than that was really awful i'm sure said what better way irritates me is that these people aren't too bad she's really think we're stupid what are they covering up well that she's a very intelligent lady but i mean she sat there for an hour striking mitt romney so you go well you know americans smarter than that you know that way i mean america needs someone to stand up and take charge i think a little let's face it ok people that are out for themselves that's it i give up on it but don't they win i mean you're not happy with the way things are going and so the solution you've chosen is to check out doesn't that mean they they went. yes. yes so it seems like most people aren't even watching but if you do decide to tune in remember to watch it for what it is extremely. calculated very expensive showmanship designed to influence the way you think whether or not that works is up to you.
2:28 pm
ok those were the main news i'll recap our stories for you in a few minutes stay with us. all.
2:29 pm
the. motions would be so much brighter if you knew about someone from funds to freshen some of. these friends down totty dot com. wealthy british style it's a must but i do write in my. garden on the. market why not. come then. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger or no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to
2:30 pm
kaiser report on our. pleasure watching r t it's good to have you with us here's a recap of the headlines this hour syria's rebels declare civilian airport saw the latest target and one day international flight shouldn't straight anywhere near that country's top largest cities. take his push for a no fly zone over syria sends activism reading as far away as germany but it's for and against assad's regime. actions will speak louder than words and israel as a country launches a massive war propaganda campaign along with ingrid seadrill. class of the sponsor getting attention for all the wrong reasons at the london paralympics anger among disability activists as a firm which they say humiliates them as
2:31 pm
a key backer of the game it's. up next to r.t. takes you on a nice trip on board one of the fastest sailing ships ever built that's the summer sales to coming up. playing football in the scorching july sun of the iberian peninsula is senseless torture for some of these men others see it as a simple warm up before more difficult contest on dry land they see their rivals face to face but at sea competitors are nothing more than a blip on a radar screen. the wind and waves are the only tangible evidence of their determination to win.
2:32 pm
the crew of the russian three masts sailing ship mir has little time to prepare ahead of the second phase of the two thousand and twelve tall ships race nevertheless a fine five minutes for a brief leaving ceremony. i would like to congratulate you today as we begin our voyage out to sea i hope we'll have a good start this time too i urge you all to do your best like it was. a true success is a matter of honor for the captain and instructor of mir he will soon be celebrating his seventy fifth birthday and has devoted a third of his life to the world's fastest sailing boat victory would be the perfect gift that the crew will need to give it their all the first phase of the two thousand and twelve tall ships race ended with a discouraging result from ear. of the killer actually we were the first to come in after the first lap but after time update we turned out to be third in our class of
2:33 pm
ships. and frederic chopin polish sailboats where head of us our sister ship from poland will be our main rival both ships have similar designs and sails according to the time correction will last about thirty minutes during the first phase i. think again a thirty to ninety minutes will be enough for us to win here to give a long blast campaign. a. long one by. by noon more than thirty sail boats have left the port of lisbon the second part of the race is short little more than two hundred nautical miles they will need to make up for the time she lost in the first place before she reaches the spanish port of kids is the crew unfurls mears sails all three thousand square metres all.
2:34 pm
over all of the boats in this prestigious class of ships near has the greatest claim to victory her rivals pale in comparison to the number of wins she has racked up over the years she also boasts a skilful crew. strictly speaking these races are a side project from the russian ship is primarily for training purposes cadets of them a car of academy a would be captains of the russian merchant fleet and they learn how to set sail climb the rigging and timing knots although in the age of nuclear vessels such skills seem as useful as speaking latin. your best and where you. will get your any semen must have practiced as well as theory decides they need to have certain character traits epaulets as well as sailors are sent to other sail boats because these people need to make the right decision in the nick of time the sail boat offers the best schooling and character training.
2:35 pm
day pharrell of canada knows what the person of his mainsail wants him to do their commands are not translated into english after spending several months on may he's used to the routine and was. so expected of him indeed sometimes he copes with his assignments better than his russian cum writes this is not my first time on this type of vessel i still aboard a vessel called the picture house or on the around the world voyage and doing this made me realize i want to sail on tall ships a for a living and so i went to school to be a navigator and this was an offer one of the opportunities for a work permit was to come on the ship that. there were about twenty trainees like dave on the ship like the sailors they keep watch and they also share courses with the crew there's only one thing that sets them apart they have to pay for the privilege is a floating democracy even the old superstition about women on board being
2:36 pm
a bad omen is ignored right you know twenty young female cadets some trainees are taking part in the race. my name's lee am i from hamburg germany and yeah this is my second time on the air i would say that the guys help us but we try to do our best like pulling the ropes and so on it's not difficult but it hard they like it that we are right now in fighting the position in the atlantic ocean on route it is and that's i plotted every half an hour i feel great about it we all work together as a team and we help each other through it also makes it ok. the portuguese pilot steering mir leaves the bay at two pm there is less than an hour to go before the race starts tomorrow to butts form a starting line none of the participants in the race is allowed to cross it.

20 Views

info Stream Only

Uploaded by TV Archive on